Julien Dupuy Explained

Julien Dupuy
Birth Date:19 December 1983
Birth Place:Périgueux, France
Height:5feet
Weight:12st
Ru Position:Scrum-half
Ru Nationalteam:France
Ru Nationalyears:2009–2012
Ru Nationalcaps:8
Ru Nationalpoints:(38)
Ru Clubyears:2002–2008
2008–2009
2009–2017
Ru Proclubs:Biarritz
Leicester
Stade Français
Ru Clubcaps:98
31
180
Ru Clubpoints:(439)
(129)
(773)

Julien Dupuy (born 19 December 1983) is a former rugby union player for Stade Français in the Top 14. He is now skills and attack coach for RC Toulonnais.

Julien Dupuy played as a Scrum-half.

Julien Dupuy played for Biarritz and Toulouse in the French Top 14 for 7 seasons before joining Leicester Tigers in 2008.[1] At the end of his first season at Leicester he helped them win the 2009 Premiership final, scoring a conversion and a penalty.[2] It was confirmed in April 2009 that he would remain at Leicester for the 2009-10 Guinness Premiership season,[3] but in June 2009, Leicester coach Richard Cockerillresigned himself to losing Dupuy to Stade Français. He was only halfway through a two-year deal but has reportedly been unsettled at Leicester because his French girlfriend was homesick.[4] After the end of the season, he left Leicester for Stade Français, where his 2009-10 Top 14 season was ended early by a 24-week ban for contact with the eye or eye area of Stephen Ferris during Stade's loss to Ulster in the 2009-10 Heineken Cup.[5] The ban was reduced to 23 weeks on appeal.[6]

France

Dupuy made his France debut on 13 June 2009 in the first Test against New Zealand at Carisbrook, Dunedin, a game that France won by 27 points to 22.[7] [8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tigers swoop for scrum-half Dupuy . 2008-07-16. BBC Sport. 2009-06-10.
  2. News: Leicester 10-9 London Irish . BBC. 16 May 2009 . 9 February 2020.
  3. Web site: Cockerill confirms Dupuy to stay . 2009-04-11. BBC Sport. 2009-06-10.
  4. Web site: Leicester prepared for Dupuy exit . 2009-06-10. BBC Sport. 2009-06-10.
  5. http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/5019_14988.php
  6. Web site: Julien Dupuy's gouging ban shortened by one week . 13 January 2010. BBC Sport. 13 January 2010.
  7. Web site: Scrum-half Dupuy given France nod . 10 June 2009. BBC Sport. 10 June 2009.
  8. Web site: France secure historic win in NZ . 2009-06-13. BBC Sport. 2009-06-13.